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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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A new method to make a low-cost, high-quality lens quickly using a 3D printer has promising potential to create optical imaging lenses, customized contact lenses for correcting distorted vision or to even turn iPhones into microscopes for disease diagnosis.
Michigan State University scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and lung cancer, as well as prevent these cancers from growing.
Pitt researchers say that while doctors and patients has long believed that the window of opportunity for regaining most cognitive abilities closes three months after a stroke, their study suggests otherwise.
To help advance online learning, MSU researchers are using robots to help distance learners feel more connected in their classes.
Researchers are developing drug delivery patches that would be worn on the skin, like a bandage, to deliver non-addictive pain medicine for chronic lower-back pain and post-surgery pain.
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